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The astonishing 'Wales Absentee XV' that's basically the first fifteen
By Ian Cameron
Wales ran out winners against the Springboks today in Cardiff, but it came despite a remarkable injury list.
Of course, egregious injury lists are fast becoming the norm both at international and club level, yet even by modern standards, Wales 'missing in action' makes for eye-watering reading.
The BBC flashed a graphic outlining a XV made up of absentees, and it's effectively the Wales first fifteen.
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To be fair it was nowhere bear the Leinster first team (for which, btw, Leinster copped nothing like the outrage that Jake White did for sending a rotated team to the UK). But it’s fun to watch the Stormers doing their thing. They are attracting big, diverse crowds of young fans, and deservedly so. Great to see.
Go to commentsIt might be legal but he’s sailing pretty close to the wind. Not a lot needs to go wrong for Finau to end up in the bin. Was it late? Not quite, but borderline. High? A couple of CM within the laws, no room for error with that one. Did he wrap the arms? There was a token effort to wrap one arm, the intent was clearly to hit with the shoulder. So yeah, it’s legal, just. But as we all know, a very slight change in the dynamics could easily have him seeing red. Hopefully not when it really matters.
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